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NASA’s Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding
NASA’s Terra Spacecraft Sees Thailand Flooding

Since July 2011, heavy monsoon rains in southeast Asia have resulted in catastrophic flooding. In Thailand, about one third of…

The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle
The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle

JSC2011-E-196321 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion MPCV ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test…

The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle
The Orion MPCV Ground Test Vehicle

JSC2011-E-196320 (22 Sept. 2011) -- The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle…

Next-Gen Space Observatory
Next-Gen Space Observatory

NASA, space science industry and government officials are seen in front of a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space…

All That Remains
All That Remains

Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, were combined in this image…

NEEMO 15
NEEMO 15

NEEMO 15 Commander Shannon Walker (NASA) and fellow aquanaut David Saint-Jacques (Canadian Space Agency) use a small telescoping boom as…

Explorer I – Exploded View
Explorer I – Exploded View

Exploded view of the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, showing the instruments inside. Explorer I was launched January 31,…

Beautiful Aurora Caused by CME
Beautiful Aurora Caused by CME

An all-red aurora captured in Independence, Mo., on October 24, 2011. The coronal mass ejection (CME) that caused aurora to…

Planets Under a Red Sun
Planets Under a Red Sun

This artist's concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. Such stars are dimmer and smaller than…

SOFIA
SOFIA

USRA's SOFIA education and public outreach director Dana Backman explains the difference between visible and infrared light.